Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
[Native head-dress]
ca. 1940
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads, "Avec nos meilleures amitiés et une grosse bisse de chez les nègres." Translated message reads, "With my best friendship and a big kiss from all the negroes." Photographic paper manufacturer's logo on verso, reads: "Gevaert.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1940
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0976
Collection: African Postcard Collection
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